Untitled
1936
crayon
paperboard
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1936
crayon
paperboard
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1936 crayon by Jean Cocteau, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This image shows two broken statues glued onto a light blue background. On the left, a horse’s head and a person’s arm reach toward a sword. On the right, a torso and arm sit on a rock, holding a lyre. The edges of the paper are uneven, like torn pages, and the colors are faded. The artist pasted real photos of statues onto the paper, then drew over them. The title "Scène d'Orphée" hints at a story—Orpheus, the mythical musician, might be here. Look up Jean Cocteau to see how he mixed art and myth in other works.
